hornet

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To investigate whether pond frogs evade or tolerate these potentially lethal stings, Sugiura presented individual adult frogs with workers of three hornet species, Vespa simillima, V. analis, and V. mandarinia, in controlled laboratory trials.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

As reported in the journal Ecosphere, Sugiura found clear evidence that adult pond frogs actively launched attacks on workers of all three hornet species.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

However, in 2024 a DNA analysis confirmed that the Asian hornet survived its first winter in the UK.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

Let’s return to one of our original questions: Why don’t our institutions, with the exception of the hornet eradication apparatus, work?

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2024

Gibbon said, “He lost half his strength. Most of them got taken prisoner. He’s mad as a hornet, lookin’ for somebody to blame it on.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara